Trump, seen attending a New Year’s Eve party, dismissed intelligence reports saying Russian spies influenced the election in his favour

Her company ZOR, which was said to aided Russian spies with “technical research and development”, has been banned from operating in the US.

It was one of dozens of individuals and firms named in a lengthy sanctions list after American intelligence agencies said the Kremlin had mounted a hacking campaign during the run up to the election in November.

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Trump openly discredited the intelligence report drawn up by the NSA, FBI and CIA

“Russia’s goals were to undermine public faith in the US democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency,” it says.

Kremlin strongman Putin “developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump” and acted to help him win “by discrediting Secretary Clinton and publicly contrasting her unfavourably to him”, it continues, stating its judgement with “high confidence”.

But self-confessed computer geek Shevchenko said she couldn’t have helped the Russian government because she never works with “douchebags”.

“I only work with honest and open people that I feel good about,” she told the paper.

When asked if she had ever worked with any governments, she said “not that I know of”.

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